Maun North

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Maun North
Single-member constituency
for the National Assembly
Botswana National Assembly - Maun North (2024).svg
District North-West
Population39,303
Major settlements Maun
Area21,522 km2
Current constituency
Created2022
Party  BCP
Created from Maun West
Maun East
Okavango
MP Dumelang Saleshando
Margin of victory 5,707 (43.7 pp)

Maun North is a constituency in the North-West represented in the National Assembly of Botswana. Further to the completion of the 2022 Delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies, the seat was first contested at the 2024 general election, since when it has been held by Dumelang Saleshando of the Botswana Congress Party, who is also the current Leader of the Opposition. [1] [2]

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Constituency profile

The seat is predimonantly rural, encompassing parts of northern Maun. The seat has the following localities: [2]

  1. Parts of Maun
  2. Sankoyo
  3. Shorobe
  4. Khwai
  5. Xaxaba
  6. Mababe
  7. Ditshiping

Members of Parliament

Key:  BCP

ElectionWinner
2024 election Dumelang Saleshando

Election results

2024 election

General election 2024: Maun North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
BCP Dumelang Saleshando 8,377 64.08
BDP Thato Elias2,67020.43
UDC Kebareeditse Ntsogotho2,02515.49
Margin of victory5,70743.66
Total valid votes13,07296.37
Rejected ballots4923.63
Turnout 13,56477.51
Registered electors 17,499
BCP win (new seat)

References

  1. 1 2 "Saleshando wins Maun North". DailyNews . 1 November 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 2022 DELIMITATION COMMISSION REPORT (PDF). 2022. p. 4.
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